1 Com Tua mão segura bem a minha,
Pois eu tão fraco sou, meu Salvador,
Que não me atrevo a dar nem um só passo
Sem Teu amparo, meu Jesus, Senhor!
2 Com Tua mão segura bem a minha,
Que eu seja mais unido a Ti, Jesus;
E que, de Ti, jamais eu me desvie,
Pois és meu gozo, minha vida e luz!
3 Com Tua mão segura bem a minha
E pela vida, alegre, seguirei;
Mesmo onde as sombras caem mais escuras,
Teu rosto vendo, nada temerei.
4 E, se eu chegar à beira desse rio
Que Tu por mim quiseste atravessar,
Com Tua mão segura bem a minha,
E sobre a morte hei de triunfar.
5 Ou, se voltares, desses céus descendo,
Eu, bem seguro à Tua mão, Senhor,
Contigo irei à Tua glória eterna
E gozarei o Teu eterno amor.
Source: Hinos e Cânticos: com música #393
Julie Katharina von Hausmann (born 7 March [O.S. 19 March] 1826 in Riga; died 2 August [O.S. 15 August] 1901 in Võsu, Estonia) was a Baltic German poet, known for the hymn Lord, Take My Hand and Lead Me (German: So nimm denn meine Hände) with a melody by Friedrich Silcher. Earlier translations had been made by Herman Brueckner as "O take my hand, dear Father" and Elmer Leon Jorgenson as "Take Thou My Hand, and Lead Me." The hymn has also been translated by Martha D. Lange, whose version appears in the Great Songs of the Church Revised (1986).
Julie Hausmann was the daughter of a teacher. She worked for a while as a governess, but due to her ill health she lived with and cared for her father, who had gone blind. After his deat… Go to person page >
Born in Lisbon, 7 December 1849 to English parents who were Christians. He returned to England and worked in business. After helping Dwight Moody in evangelism campaigns in England in 1874 and 1875 he abandoned his business career and became an evangelist in England and Scotland. He returned to Portugal on several occasions for evangelism meetings and wrote many hymns in Portuguese.
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